St. Louis Officer Killed by Wanted Man

Cov duab uas Cornelius O'Keefe nyob rau hauv phau ntawv, Rau cov kab hauv cov dej num: St. Louis tub ceev xwm cov neeg khiav dej num ua fij qhov kawg los ntawm Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath thiab cov Stephen Pollihan feem coob, ntaus kuv thawj zaug kuv pom nws. Nrog nws cov plaub hau parted hauv nruab nrab thiab ib hwj txwv loj, Kuv yeej pom nws taug txoj kev ntawm me nyuam hauv plawv nroog. Louis hais lus rau cov me nyuam nyob rau hauv nws cov Irish brogue.

Cornelius O'Keefe ob leeg ntsia thiab xaj ib sab ntawm tus brave, policeman muaj zog. Nws tau ntau legendary feats ntawm daring lub sij hawm nws cov hauj lwm.

Nws exploits ntau chronicled nyob rau lub St. Louis Dispatch tom qab Tuesday, Lub yim hli ntuj 8, 1911. Ua ntej nws tuag untimely, O'Keefe tau overpowered ib tug neeg vwm armed deb ntawm dancing Xyooj kawm rau amuse nws zoo ib yam li. Thaum nws tau mus kaw kom ntau txaus rau cov lunatic, nws overpowered cov txiv neej thiab muab ob phom ntawm nws.

In another case, ib tug neeg tsoo sim zom rau hauv nws lub tsev nce ntawm 1121 Mississippi River Avenue. O'Keefe caum pab nws los txhaj rau cov tes qhov rooj. Nws nyuam qhuav tau pom ib tug poj niam, leej twg dhia ntawd los ntawm lub tsev so thiab nws thiaj li tuag ntawm nws kev raug mob.

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Txij lub yim hli ntuj 8, 1911 ib tsab ntawm tus me nyuam. Louis Dispatch tom qab

Rau hnub ib hmo, Lub yim hli ntuj 7, 1911, O'Keefe tau ua tus ua haujlwm hmo ntuj. Feem ntau, nws twb nrhiav Remus Hawshaw, ib tug txiv neej uas xav kom ua phem. O'Keefe tsis nyob rau ntawm tus Weisman Taylor Shop nyob rau txoj kev txiv roj ib sab ntawm lub khw muag khoom qab zib Choris, 1308 Txiv roj Street.

Weisman ua hauj lwm ntau African-tus neeg mis kas xws li Hawshaw. Weisman teev nws twb tsis pom Hawshaw ib hnub. Hawshaw would stop in at Weisman’s later that day. Mr. Weisman told Hawshaw to turn himself in.

Hawshaw puas tig nws tus kheej sawv ntxov nyob tom ntej 9:oo a.m. tab sis raws lub sij hawm no O'Keefe yog tuag. Hawshaw ntev yuav tus zauv nyaj.

O'Keefe los txog ntawm nws cov ncej nyem ntawm Fourteenth thiab txiv roj txoj kev nyob 10:50 tsaus ntuj, uas yog 5 nas this ntxov, li ntawd, nws txiav txim siab mus xyuas nyob rau ntawm tus Weisman ib zaug.

Saib ib ncig 10:55 p.m, tsev neeg Choris, cov khw muag khoom qab zib muaj leej twg hnov iav rhuav cov hlau thiab ob peb gunshots. Lawv nkaum nyob rau hauv lub chav tsev upstairs rau 15 mus 20 feeb ua ntej lawv muaj kev huv txaus los. Yog tias lub sij hawm, Sergeant Meehan muaj nyob O'Keefe dag rau cov hlau. O'Keefe yuav tsuas hais tias “ib tug dub tau kuv.”

O'Keefe tau taug tus hlau qab rau lub khw muag khoom qab zib, Thaum ib tug txiv neej dub ras nws. Lawv nrog O'Keefe ua ntaus cov assailant uas nws qws fought. O'Keefe ua daim iav, uas tau hnov cov Chorises, tau qev qws tsoo nws ntawm Hawshaw. Hawshaw twb tau kos O'Keefe txoj kev phom me thiab tua nws. Tus shooting yog thaum zoo li no kaw khwv O'Keefe muaj hmoov kub yus rau nws tsho. Hawshaw lub tsho yuav tom qab yuav zoo tu qab tso nrog rau qhov mos txwv nyob rau hauv lub tes tsho.

O'Keefe tau noj rau cov nroog tsev kho mob, qhov uas nws tuag nyob 5:35 a.m. lub yim hli ntuj sawv ntxov 8, 1911. Cov neeg khiav dej num tub ceev xwm tuaj ob peb African-tus neeg mis kas uas twb muaj nyob hauv cheeb tsam, tiam sis O'Keefe shook taub hau nws txhua lub sij hawm ntawm nws twb tsis tau tus txiv neej. Nws muaj thaj poob lawm nws hais lus zog ua ntej nws yuav tuag. O'Keefe tus tuag ntawv pov thawj hais tias ib tug gunshot qhov txhab los lub siab yog nws ua kom tag sim neej.

Kuv ib txwm wondered cas O'Keefe ho tsis hais, “Hawshaw tau kuv.” Tej zaum nws tsis paub nws zoo los yog tsis paub leej twg rov nws nyob hauv cov hlau. Txawm li cas los, Hawshaw los ua cov zauv nyaj sai heev. Nws liam ua tub sab rau lub sijhawm uas tus shooting txawm discounted los ntawm ob tug kha hauv chaw, leej twg tau tias nws tsis nyob qws lau qaib liab thaum yav lig.

Lwm cov timkhawv, neeg nyob thoob lub hlau ntawm khw kws txiav ris tsho, Hawshaw pom nyob hauv cov hlau tsawg dua ntawm ib teev ua ntej tshwm sim tua neeg. St. Tub ceev xwm kuj nyob lub cev xws li Hawshaw lub tsho tiv no muaj ib cov hmoov hlawv pov thawj rau hauv lub tes tsho.

Hawshaw yog raug lub txim tiam sis ho tsis tuag taus nyob hauv tsev rau txim. Raws li nws daim ntawv pov thawj kev tuag, nws tuag rau lub kaum hli ntuj 27, 1931 thaum muaj hnub nyoog 42 ntawm pulmonary thrombosis. Nws twb yeej ua hauj lwm raws li ib tug neeg ua num thiab nyob tom 2340 Txoj kev loj Washington. Kuv tsis paub lub sij hawm nws muab lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv tsev rau txim rau tus O'Keefe tua neeg.

O'Keefe yog ib tug 42 lub xyoo laus tiav txiv, leej twg lawm rau hlab txij li 1899. Nws daim ntawv pov thawj kev tuag yeej tsis sau tej neeg txheeb ze. O'Keefe yog ib tug neeg khiav dej num siab tawv, uas tau muab nws lub neej rau apprehend ib yam txim txhaum. Hmoov tsis, nws hmoo yuav muab qhia tawm los ntau lwm yam neeg khiav dej num hauv lub 1910s thiab 1920 los.

Koj yuav tawm ib saib los nug cov lus nug txog qhov no los yog tej tsev xa rau kuv Facebook phab thiab Twitter profile.

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